Clamp for fence-machines



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CLAAMP FOR FENCE MACHINES, "PatentedMay 31,1898'.

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ELIsIIAo. MATIIEvvs, on .IAoKsoNvII *.II, ILLINOIS.

- i sPEcrFrfcArIoN forming pare-'of igaersratentilvo.'604,599, dated May-31, 189s.`

" appresa@ neasepambatiss?. sannita/650,728'. (Numdam JTO all wltont it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELIsHA O. MATHEws,

ajcitizen of the United States, residing at Jacksonville, in the county of Morgan and State of'Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fence-Machines and I do declare the following to b'e 'a 'full',U

v clear, and exact'descriptio'n of the invention,

such as will :enable others skilled in the1 art to which it appertains to make and'fuse the same, refe-rence beinghad tothe accompanying drawings,and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a pari;A of this specification'.

My pres'entinvention relates to improve m ents in the mechanism for drawing awovenf v'vire fence from the. fencefmachine, and is intended-more particularlyfor use on a fenceL machine ofthe type shown in Letters Patentv "granted to me March 2; 1897, No.'578,252.

` The-- invention consists in certain v-ncv'el features hereinafter described` andvclaimed.

' In the annexed'drawings, which fully illus trate my inventiomlligure lis av side '.eleva- Ation-of a portion of a fence-machine with my v present improvements applied thereto.-

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` -2 is a plan view ofthe same: Fig.3 isa secs tional -view',lo n a-larger scale,` of one of 'the spools over which the woven fence is drawn; and Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the same.

Y The frame ofthe fence-machine andvfthe;- wire-tw1sting mechanism maybeof any prei-1 ferred construction and. form no present invention.

" formed into enlarged cam-disks'2, as clearlyl shown.. A shaft is journaled in and eX-' tends between said cam-disks, and upon the' saidshaft I rigid1y 1'secure a series of spools or reel'sa, corresponding in number to the, number of longitudinal wires usuallyfwoven in the fence by the machine, Each' of the spools or reels vhas an annular groove 5 in its periphery adapted to receive the wire, and in its hubI form aseries of notches or sockets 6. These sockets 6 serve as bearings to guide andholdthe Wire-clasping arms 7, which have Y their innerl ends engaged insa-id sockets and Y'adapted to slide freely therein and their outer 'ends formed into fingers 8, projecting over the Arim ofthe 'spbol and adapted to press they wire partof mygl '.thereagainst.V Theouter portionof the wireciasping arm passes the lugs or ears 9 on the- Isidey of the spoolv and is guided'thereby in its movements. The outer member 10 of a. toggle-leveris fulcrumed between said lugs, and the inner member 11of `said leveraha's its inner'end formedl into an' eye 12, which encir- -cles the arms 47 and bears'against a collar 'or shoulder 13 on said arm. The members 10 and-ll'of the toggle-leverare pivoted together .and to a rod 14 by a common pivot, the said rod 'being provided 'at its outer end with a roller l5, 'engaging the groove in the cam-disk 2.. The;v rods 14 may extend continuously tribute thejstrain equallyto. the two'sides otv the machine I prefer to provide tw'o setsof the rods, each being connected to the arms-onv one-half the spools-that is to say, each set of rods operates the-arms on one side of the centra! longitudinal line of the machine. It is thought the operation of `the machine will be readily understood. The Woven fence passes from the Wire-twisting mechanism over the spools to the drum, on which it is wound for use. As the Wire passes over 'the and-arms carried thereby'are simultaneously vrotated, and each arm as it reachesjthe highest point` of its revolutionfis.brought toward the spoolfand caused to clasp the Wire by reason of the voperating-rod .being reciprocated bythe groove in the cam-disk. The reciprocationl of `the rod bringsthe members of the toggle-lever into alinemen-t, thereby .forcing .the eye 12 against the shoulder'l'and carryin g the arm inward. The'nger at the end of th'ejarm is thus broughtagainst the wire and holds the same against the spool. After the arm has traveled about two-thirds of a revolution the reciprocating rod is again operated by th'e cam-'disk and the toggle-lever bent, whereupon the arm drops away from the wire leave by gravity, so that the wire is free to vthe spool and pass to the drum.

` f The'device is veryv simple" in its 'construction, and by its use the wires are drawn posi-r tively from themachine, whileat the same time they are prevented from slippingfrom the spools. Bucking of the fence as it is drawn from the machine is consequently entirely ob- Vated. Y

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

I. Inafence-m'acliine, tlle Combinationwith the wire-supporting spools, of clasping-arins mounted on the spools and adapted to press the ivires against the edges of the same.

2. In a fence-machine, the combination with the wire-supporting spools, of clasping-arms mounted on the sides of the same and adapted to press the Wires against the edges of the spools, and means for forcing said arms upon the Wires. l

3. In a fence-machine, the combination with the w'ire-si'ipporting spools, of clasping-arms carried by the said spools, toggle-levers fnlcrumed on the spools and engaging the said arms, and means for operating the said levers.

4. In a fen ce-machine, the combination with the wire-supporting spools, of clasping-arms carried thereby and adapted to enga-ge the wires, toggle-levers fulcrumed on the spools and engaging the arms, reciprocating rods pivotally joined to the toggle-levers, and eamdisks adapted to operate said rods.

In testimony whereof I vatlix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ELISIIA C. MATIIEWS.

IVitnesses: l

CHARLES A. BARNEs, LENA C. FNGEL. 

